The MG is a Dedicated Android Gaming Handset, Costs $150

Handing your precious Android phone over to your kids is a risky endeavor.  Aside from discovering what are perhaps lurid photos of you and mommy, the device may get returned with a broken screen, a missing battery, and a whole host of other problems that are most certainly not covered by your warranty.

And that’s why it might be worth plunking down $150 for the MG.  It’s a Android 4.0 devices sans cellular connection.  It will however include WiFi connectivity for downloading one of the many Play Marketplace apps, as well as a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen, a 1.5Ghz Cortex A5 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 1.3-megapixel camera, an 1880mAh battery (it should provide just under 4 hours of play time), 4GB of built-in storage, and a microSD card slot for expansion.

Preorders are available now, with shipping commencing in the first week of November.  After that the price will jump to $170, but it will still include an 8GB microSD card, $10 worth of preloaded games, and $10 on a Spendsmart card (provided you sign up for the service).

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

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Gigabyte Aivia Gaming Mouse And Keyboard

I love me some gaming peripherals. For me new peripherals mean new weapons of war to level the digital playing field and tip more frags in my favor. Today Gigabtye is playing peripheral arms dealer to the gaming needy with their new Osmium mechanical gaming keyboard and Krypton Dual-Chassis gaming mouse.

The Osmium Mechanical gaming keyboard is blessed with my favorite style of key switches, the speedy Cherry MX Red. These key switches do not require users to bottom out the key before the key press is registered. Just 2mm into the press and you’re golden. There is also no tactile feedback bump to let you know the key press has reached the registered/actuation point–and that’s just the way many gamers prefer it. Other notable features are high speed USB 3.0 hub, dedicated volume and backlit illumination dials, mechanical macro keys, 5 profiles to choose and Gigabyte boasts easy and intuitive macro recording software to expand functionality to suit your taste and applications.

The vermin on order is the Krypton gaming mouse capable of 8200dpi laser sensor (that’s fast!). It utilizes a unique dual chassis design. Swap between chassis types for changes in speed and control. The Krypton can also fluctuate its girth at will. The elaborate weight adjustment system makes way for tailored center of gravity. Swap weights in and out to center the gravity to the left for right-handed gamers, dead center for claw-grip gamers, center it at the bottom for palm-grip and so forth.

Additionally the Krypton brings on-mouse macro recording via the Ghost Macro Engine software. You can store up to 5-gaming profiles. There’s even a quick switch toggle left or right operation modes. Check the following videos for the full intel dump on Gigabytes new weapons to enhance your fragging fracas.

Shawn loves gadgets, literature, history and games. For over a decade he's straddled both the comic book and video game industries, as a journalist, writer, editor, marketing officer and producer. Shawn got his start in tech and games as an editor and Hardware Director for GameRevolution.com. More notable accomplishments include Executive Producer on mobile games Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and The Shroud. When he is not offering his two cents on tech at GR, he's talking about games and consulting for a number video game and tech companies.

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